Flower of China-DPRK Friendship will Blossom More Colorfully: JiangChinese leader Jiang Zemin said Wednesday in Pyongyang that he believes the flower of China-DPRK friendship will blossom more colorfully and yield more fruits with the joint efforts by both sides.Jiang, general-secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, made the statement in a message of thanks on his way back home to Kim Jong Il, general-secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee and chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Jiang said that his official good-will visit to the DPRK at the invitation of Kim Jong Il has been successful and he is satisfied with the results of the visit. He expressed his heartfelt thanks to the DPRK leader, the WPK, the DPRK government and the people for the grand welcome and warm hospitality accorded him during his visit. Jiang had cordial talks with Kim during which they had an in-depth exchange of views on furthering traditional friendship and cooperation between the two countries and other issues of common concern, and reached a wide-ranging consensus. He pointed out that the Chinese side is fully confident in the long-term and steady development of bilateral traditional friendship and cooperation in the new century. |
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